MUSICIAN'S FRIEND
APPOINTS TIM WHITE AS VICE PRESIDENT, SALES, AND PAMELA TURAY AS VICE
PRESIDENT, HUMAN RESOURCES
MEDFORD,
OR, April 6, 2010 — Musician’s
Friend, Inc. (MF), the largest direct response retailer of musical
instruments and gear in the U.S., and a division of Guitar Center
since 1999, welcomes Tim White to the position of Vice President,
Sales, and Pamela Turay to the position of Vice President, Human Resources.
The announcement was made by Craig Johnson, Musician’s Friend
Chief Executive Officer. White’s appointment represents MF’s
unified sales initiative, seeking to drive a sales culture and an
exceptional customer experience at each and every touch point and
across every brand; Turay’s appointment underscores MF’s
strategic focus on talent management and development.
Tim
White brings to Musician’s Friend over 15 years experience in
sales and management. In his new role as Vice President, Sales, White
will be responsible for leadership of sales activities across the
Musician’s Friend enterprise. Areas of responsibility include
consumer and institutional contact center sales and customer acquisition;
premium customer account management; online marketplace sales strategies
and initiatives; and Woodwind and Brasswind retail sales. He will
also be responsible for general operational management and senior
leadership of Musician’s Friend’s South Bend, Indiana
facility. Previously, White served as Vice President, Business Development,
at Experian Marketing Services, where he consulted on multi-channel
direct marketing strategies and campaign design and implementation,
leveraging efficient spend for optimal profit and results. Prior to
that, he served as Director, Business Development, for Carlson Marketing
Worldwide; Principal at Performance Strategies Consulting, LLC; and
in several positions at Convergys Corporation. White is a graduate
of the University of Cincinnati, where he received a degree in Marketing.
Pamela
Turay has more than 15 years of experience in human resources, branding,
sales, marketing and finance, bringing with her a proven ability to
provide strategic human resource leadership and consultation to senior
executives and organizations. In her new MF position as Vice President,
Human Resources, Turay, who is a certified Senior Professional in
Human Resources (SPHR), will be responsible for the development and
implementation of Musician’s Friend strategies, policies and
programs for the human resources function. Additionally, Turay will
lead all organizational design and development initiatives. Previously,
she served as Vice President Talent Management and Development for
Harry & David; Senior Strategist, Consultant, for The Brand Consultancy;
Vice President, Talent Management, Training and Organizational Development,
for Rentway, Inc.; in various capacities at West Marine Products;
and a number of other positions with such organizations as Ernst &
Young, LLP, American Heart Association, Mobil Oil Corporation and
others. Turay is a graduate of Baldwin-Wallace College, where she
earned a degree in Business Administration, and Missouri State University,
where she received a Master of Science degree in Industrial Organizational
Psychology.
Commenting
on the recent hires, Craig Johnson stated, “Musician’s
Friend continues to place great focus on maintaining a talented team
of personnel. Tim and Pamela both bring extensive experience and knowledge
in their respective fields while being well versed in a number of
valuable areas. We are very excited to have Tim and Pamela as part
of our Musician’s Friend executive team and look forward to
their contributions in developing sales strategies and implementing
effective human resources policies.”
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About
Musician’s Friend
Musician’s Friend, Inc., is the largest direct response retailer
of musical instruments in the U.S. Through marketing and merchandising
music products in their catalog and on their web site, www.MusiciansFriend.com,
the company offers customers a complete selection of guitars, basses,
amps and effect pedals, DJ equipment, band and orchestra instruments,
sound reinforcement, recording equipment, keyboards, drums and percussion
equipment, and associated musical accessories. In addition to an assortment
of more than 70,000 products, the Musician’s Friend website
offers in-depth buying guides, tech tips, videos, expert gear reviews,
artist interviews, and a half-million unbiased gear reviews and ratings
written by customers.
With
their corporate office based in Medford, Oregon, Musician’s
Friend also maintains a contact center/customer service operation
based in Draper, Utah (a suburb of Salt Lake City), a state-of-the-art
distribution center in Kansas City, Missouri, and The Woodwind and
Brasswind, a band and orchestra division and retail store in South
Bend, Indiana.
Musician’s
Friend is a wholly owned subsidiary of Guitar Center, the nation’s
leading retailer of guitars, amplifiers, percussion instruments, keyboards,
live-sound/DJ and recording equipment. Other brand or product names
may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are
associated.
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CONTACT: Robert Clyne, Clyne Media, at (615) 662-1616